Re: Brisbane Tram Irony
David Lindstrom (D_Lindstrom@bigpond.com)
Sat, 29 Nov 1997 21:27:00 +1100
>> David Lindstrom wrote:
>>
>> > John McCallum wrote:
>>
>SNIP
>> David McLoughlin
>> Auckland New Zealand
>
>Thank you very much for your reply.
>I recall riding on PCC car 980 many times and it was always a great
>thrill. It usually ran down Bourke Street, in the days before the Mall.
> I remember one day, a well-dressed business man mistaking 980 for
some
>sort of old tram that he'd ridden on as a boy and complaining to the
>conductor (in good humour) that these were the trams he rode on years
>ago.
> The conductor smiled and, tactfully, said nothing.
> BTW, I don't see any great advantage in installing fluorescent
lights
>in W class trams. I remember looking up at the globes to try to see
>their wattage (which was always unusual). I do recall that the globes
>were made in Korea. Good Grief.
> But fluorescent lights, although perhaps attractive to an engineer,
not
>to mention moths and mosquitoes, lack the charm of the little old
>globes giving out a warm, yellow, human glow that belong in the W class
>trams.
> As I spend more time on the Aus.Rail newsgroup, I am becoming aware
>that there is a disparity between what engineers think (or know) what is
>best for the trams and the human passengers who are moved by these
>greatest of all people movers. Moved both physically and emotionally.
> Someone at work recently told me, when she discovered I was
interested
>in trams, that psychologists had discovered that cities with trams are
>more humane, civilised and democratic than other cities.
>I believe there is great truth in that statement.
>Sincerely,
>David Lindstrom
David McLoughlin wrote in message <347F6943.1941@-DROP-iprolink.co.nz>...
>Michael Alexander wrote:
>>
>
>>
>> Where is this supposed asbestos? In the roof? Around the electrical
>> controller? In the walls/floor?
>
>In the controllers of the W5s. It is why they were the first to be
>stored.
>
>I was actually making a crack at the National Trust.
>
>David McLoughlin
>Auckland New Zealand
>